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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Add a Package</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add a new package:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_NumberedList">, select the package or view under which to add a new package.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Right-click on the folder icon within the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_NumberedList">. The context menu displays.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Add | Add Package</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">New Model Package</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
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<img src="new%20model%20package%20dialog.png" width="316" height="134" border="0" alt="New Model Package Dialog"><br>
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<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package Name</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field type the name of the new package.</span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">To immediately create a diagram for the package, leave the</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Automatically add new diagram</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> checkbox selected. To avoid creating a diagram, deselect the checkbox.</span></li>
<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList">If you are adding a package to a parent package that is under <a href="versioncontrol.htm">version control</a>, the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Add to Version Control</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> option displays, with the checkbox selected. Deselect the checkbox to exclude the new package from version control, otherwise leave it selected.</span></li>
<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The new package is inserted into the tree at the current location and, if you left the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Automatically add new diagram</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> checkbox</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> selected, the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="newdiagrams.htm">New Diagram dialog</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList"> displays.</span></li>
<li value=8><span class="f_NumberedList">If you have selected to put the package under version control, the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Package Control Options</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays. <a href="pkgcontrol.htm">Complete this dialog</a> as required.</span></li>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can also add a package using the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> and pasting a new package element into a diagram. In this case the package is created under the diagram's owning package, and is created with a default diagram of the same type as that in which the package is created.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">In a multi-user environment, other users do not see the change until they <a href="refresh_model_view.htm">reload their project</a>. </span></p>
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